FISHBASE as a worldwide computerized repository of ethno-ichthyology or indigenous knowledge on fishes

Reference Type Conference Paper
Year of Publication
1992
Contributors Author: M. L. D. Palomares
Author: D. Pauly
Secondary Title
Indigenous knowledge and sustainable development: 25 selected papers presented at the international symposium held by the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, September 20-26, 1992
Date Published
01/1992
Conference Location
Silang, Cavite, Philippines
Language
English
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Collection Topic
Aquatic Resources
Sustainable Agriculture
Call Number
HC79.E5I514 1993
Keywords
aquaculture
Abstract
FISHBASE is a computerized encyclopedia on the fishes of the world, presently developed at ICLARM, in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and numerous other institutions throughout the world. It is shown that the flexible structure of FISHBASE can accommodate both recent and ancient ethno-ichthyological information, i.e. "indigenous knowledge", not generally considered part of ichthyology. Readers are invited to cooperate with the FISHBASE project, and help turn this relational database into the world's database on indigenous knowledge of fish. (author)
URL
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/820560133
Conference Name
International Symposium on Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Development
Number of pages
7 pp.